Teaching Lab All Partners Report

2021-2022 Mid-Year Report

Background

In SY21-22, Teaching Lab has administered online diagnostic and follow-up surveys of educators participating in Teaching Lab’s professional learning in order to measure growth and improvement in four different areas: 1) Use of Curricula, 2) Educator Mindsets, 3) support of CRT Practices, and 4) School Environment. As of rSys.Date()`, there were 852 educators who completed the diagnostic survey, 85 educators who completed the follow-up survey, and 75 educators who completed both.

Section 1: Participant Background and Demographics Summary

Section 2: Participant Perceptions

Section 2a: End of Session summary

In summary, we see the following % agree or strongly agree with the above statements:

  • 90% strongly agree or agree that they were fully prepared for the session.
  • 88% strongly agree or agree that they responded to the group’s needs.
  • 88% strongly agree or agree that they facilitated the content clearly.
  • 90% strongly agree or agree that they effectively built a safe learning community.
  • 90% strongly agree or agree that they demonstrated deep knowledge of the content they facilitated.

Here by visualizing ratings of strongly agree/agree in blue areas, and all other ratings in black areas we visualize feedback over time (If there is just one point of feedback this appears as a dot).

Finally, here are some highlights from the textual feedback of the end of session survey

What could have been better about today’s session?

Great session!

This has been fantastic learning. Your
presentation style makes the time go by
quickly. I love the mix of asynchronous
and synchronous learning that is
presented.

I think that for this material I would
have enjoyed more of a focus on what we
as teachers can do to close the gap and
less time stating there is gap.

I WISH THAT ALL DOCUMENTS WERE ON ONE
PAGE. I HAD SENT MARISSA A MESSAGE AND
IT WAS NEVER ANSWERED.

They meet all participants at their
learning level. They effectively model
the learning target of the lesson.

You both do a great job of keeping the
PD moving along without wasted time.

Facilitator kept the session moving and
interactive, so although it was at the
end of the day, it felt like it went by
quickly.

Facilitators need to work on their
ability to engage the participants. The
3 hours could easily be trimmed down.

Engaging and supportive

Please make the breakout rooms with more
people. Not all people participate when
you have 2 people.

What went well in today’s session?

We got some time to look at the lesson.

The small group conversations.

conversation comunication among the
group

Discussion

Everything. Very easy to understand
without overwhelming us.

Collaboration

Applying the Depth of Complexity icons
to the lessons in Unit 2.

The explanation of the instructional
shifts.

The timing and delivery of information

Looking at relevant grade level
resources

What additional feedback do you have about their facilitation skills?

nothing

It was great, maybe sample of visions or
samples frames to complete.

Where to access everything

Discussing struggles and ways to engage
students

More time to chat. I love to hear from
others and how they interpret or process
new information.

Nothing

Nothing :)

we were just missing time becaause of
the confusion at the beginning. I would
have liked to see some more classoom
procedures in action

Long day, especially for August (when I
am in vacation mode)

More about how to begin with the program
itself

Section 2b: End of Course summary

In summary, we see the following % agree or strongly agree with the above statements:

  • 85% strongly agree or agree that they were satisfied with how the course was facilitated.
  • 83% strongly agree or agree that they responded to the group’s needs.
  • 86% strongly agree or agree that they felt a sense of community with the other participants in the course even though they were meeting virtually.
  • 87% strongly agree or agree that they will apply what they have learned in the course to their practice in the next 4-6 weeks.
  • 80% strongly agree or agree that the independent online work activities were well-designed to help me meet learning targets.
  • 78% strongly agree or agree that the strategies I’ve learned in the course are easy to implement.
  • 76% strongly agree or agree that they facilitated the content clearly.
  • 84% strongly agree or agree that they’ve learned in this course will improve my instruction.
  • 83% strongly agree or agree that the course has supported me in being responsive to students’ backgrounds, cultures, and points of view.

Over time it looks like this

Here is some textual feedback

Overall, what went well in the course?

Being reminded of focus, rigor and
coherence as I'm planning my lessons and
having the time to work on those plans

The easy flow.

everything

I enjoyed the bootcamp. I'm looking
forward to teaching Guidebooks

Discussion... Engagement... Facilitator
preparation

facilitator describing for us what we
need to do inn order to be successful in
the course

Neutral

Respect of opinion/ideas.

Everything went well but my favorite was
Session 8 - Internalizing the lesson. I
got more confident of my expectations,
preparedness, etc

Material used. Instructor’s knowledge.
Sharing information and experience.

Overall, what could have been better in this course?

Completing this same survey for every
class didn’t make sense. There needs to
be a different survey or a single survey
at the end.

not sure

Shorter sessions or more breaks

I do not have anything for improvement

I can't say that I know much more about
how to guide teachers with supporting
diverse learners.

I don't know.

Group work

Less homework… it’s tough while teaching
during the day

The sample students that were enriched
could have been true enriched students
without bein struggling readers.

Well I had to get off for a moment
because of classroom distractions,
so I would love for the sessions to
not interfere with class instructions
because of the difficulty in finding
subs.

What is the learning from this course that you are most excited about trying out?

Math Language Routines

Using strategies as sprinkles on a
cupcake rather than the basis for
instruction.

Accelerating students' learning.

lesson planning

pre teaching strategies for diverse
learners

fluency improvement and comprehension

the number talks and routines

Being proactive with supports PRIOR
instead of reactive

Math talks

Support for Diverse Learners

Which activities best supported your learning in this course?

All of them!

Posting discussions and collaborating in
small groups on zoom mtg

Speaking with other teachers about what
was read and gaining other insight

break out rooms

Planning backwards - analyzing our
assessments

Understanding the effective practices
within the lessons

ok

The videos and seeing it in action.

I enjoyed the blend of synchronous and
asynchronous learning.

Noah's Ark

Feel free to leave us any additional comments, concerns, or questions.

Thank you!

Session was wonderful, learned a lot

Did a great job! Learned so much!

Anita Walls

Include a brief recall of the homework
to make it more meaningful.

Thank you ladies.

Thanks!

I am new to Guidebooks and this training
was exactly what I needed!

Loved it, loved it

Again, the platform is not easy to
use and the content of this course has
little to do with teaching Eureka math.

Section 3: Participant Knowledge (pre/post PL course)

Section 3b: Knowledge Assessment summary

Section 4: Teachers - Use of Curricula (baseline)

Section 5: Teachers - Mindsets (baseline)

Section 6: Teachers - Self-Reported CRT Practices - Teachers (baseline)

Section 7: Teachers - School Environment (baseline)

Section 8: Administrators - Mindsets (baseline)

Section 9: Administrators - Support of CRT Practices (baseline)

Section 10: Administrators - Observational Practices (baseline)

 

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